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Gunpowder
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Gunpowder
Gunpowder is a liquorice-black mild from the Coach House brewery, Warrington.
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gunpowder
[n] - a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks
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Gunpowder
Gun'pow`der noun (Chemistry) A black, granular, explosive substance, consisting of an intimate mechanical mixture of niter, charcoal, and sulphur. It is used in gunnery and blasting. » Gunpowder consists of from 70 to 80 per cent of niter, wit...
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gunpowder
<chemistry> A black, granular, explosive substance, consisting of an intimate mechanical mixture of niter, charcoal, and sulphur. It is used in gunnery and blasting. ... Gunpowder consists of from 70 to 80 per cent of niter, with 10 to 15 per cent of each of the other ingredients. Its explosiv...
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Gunpowder
• (n.) A black, granular, explosive substance, consisting of an intimate mechanical mixture of niter, charcoal, and sulphur. It is used in gunnery and blasting.
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gunpowder
any of several low-explosive mixtures used as propelling charges in guns and as blasting agents in mining. The first such explosive was black ... [12 related articles]
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Gunpowder
Gunpowder, also known since the late 19th century as black powder, was the first chemical explosive and the only one known until the mid 1800s. It is a mixture of sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate (saltpeter) - with the sulfur and charcoal acting as fuels, while the saltpeter works as an oxid...
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Gunpowder
Green tea that has been rolled into pellets, which unfurl in hot water to brew.
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gunpowder
gunpowder, explosive mixture; its most common formula, called “black powder,” is a combination of saltpeter, sulfur, and carbon in the form of charcoal. Historically, the relative amounts of the components have varied. An increase in the percentage of saltpeter (potassium nitrate) increa...
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Gunpowder
Gunpowder is Black-American slang for gin
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Gunpowder
Gunpowder is Black-American slang for gin
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Gunpowder
Gunpowder is an explosive mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal and sulphur in the proportions of 75, 15 and 10 - although alternative proportions are also used. The three ingredients must be very finely ground and mixed, and ordinary charcoal is not very suitable. Rather charcoal from dogwood, ald...
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gunpowder
Oldest known explosive, a mixture of 75% potassium nitrate (saltpetre), 15% charcoal, and 10% sulphur. Sulphur ignites at a low temperature, charcoal burns readily, and the potassium nitrate provides oxygen for the explosion. As gunpowder produces lots of smoke and burns quite slowly, it has progres...
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gunpowder
a green tea which is rolled into pellets which unfurl in hot water.
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Gunpowder
[song] "Gunpowder" is the fifth and final single released from Wyclef Jean`s debut solo album, The Carnival. The song was successful in the US, where it reached #75 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Additionally, it reached #12 in the Hot Rap Singles chart and #56 in the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Single...
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gunpowder
1) Black-american slang for gin 2) Explosive 3) Powder
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